Software Engineer

edX is an open source educational software startup venture between MIT and Harvard. We are adding full stack software engineers to join a team responsible for building the world's leading learning destination site and platform. Our platform allows millions of learners around the world the opportunity to access education across a variety of different subjects.

The engineering team at edX is seeking a software engineer to join a team that is responsible for scaling and building out a new website for our learners. Your work will help learners around the world find and succeed in courses on edX, helping them achieve their goals.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, deploy, and support scalable software systems
• Collaborate with Product Management, UX, and Data Science to understand business problems and identify solutions
• Provide mentorship to team members and assist with feedback on code reviews
• Build and maintain operationally viable solutions throughout the software life cycle
• Commit to owning your code and supporting the customer facing environment
• Lead team members on independent project initiatives
• Promote teamwork, research cutting edge technology, and support a vibrant innovative work atmosphere

Qualifications & Skills:

• 2+ years of full-stack coding experience 
• Real-world experience with developing and deploying large websites in React or another modern JavaScript framework.
• Ability to problem solve, drive projects with loosely defined requirements, communicate with stakeholders, and learn from both success and failure.
• Ability to share your knowledge with team members through mentoring, code reviews, pair programming, presentations, etc.

Nice to Have:

• Experience working with Python and Django 
• Experience building static websites (we use Gatsby and GraphQL).
• Experience working in an agile development environment.
• Experience with Optimizely or similar A/B testing tools.
• Familiarity with experiment design and evaluation.
• Working knowledge of SEO.
• Experience with accessibility best practices and compliant front-end development standards.
• Familiarity with open source frameworks.
• An interest in enabling and integrating open source contributions.
• BS in Computer Science or related experience.

edX is an MIT startup company that offers highly competitive benefits and retirement plans, a pension program, free lunches every day, and meaningful work! Are you ready to be a part of our Mission?

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